Conversion to Crusade (Part 1)

Hey guys,

Just a little update on what I have been up to this week. Work has been absolutely manic for the past couple of weeks and as a result, I have had hardly any free time to devote to the hobby… I got a little spare time this weekend and thought I would start working on my Grey Knight Henchmen to combo with my Stormraven gunship (there is a Pictures in Progress article on BLOODYdice detailing the Stormraven's progress).

So, I ordered a box of GW’s ‘Warriors of Chaos’ for the Crusader conversions and ‘Dark Eldar Wyches’ for the Death Cult Assassins. They arrived earlier in the week, around Monday I think, so I started playing around with the Warriors as I only needed to make up four for the unit. The bodies are fairly free of Chaos symbols; however the shields were not and needed some serious work to get them cleaned down to a smooth layer. Even now, I think they could do with a bit more work – I have a plan to make them look awesome which I will be showing you in the next post or so :D

The bodies did require some gap filling and removal of mould lines although although taking photos always reveals bit you have missed D: After that, I had to root through my massive box of bits to try and find some heads and weapons for these guys. I managed to find some without power armour helmets or too much in the way of augmentation and dry ran them before deciding which to use.The next major issue was trying to decide how to represent the Power Axes these guys were supposed to be sporting. The weapons from the Warriors box were too medieval as they naturally come for the Fantasy Battle range. I decided to go with the common Grey Knight theme of halberds. I reduce the length of the handle so they would look less like pole arms and more long-handled blades. I am not entirely sure how successful this was but I thought the effect was nice!

The next moment I get some free time, I will be working on the shields and hopefully finishing off the final bits and pieces for the Stormraven. In the meanwhile, keep posted and enjoy the pictures. Also feel free to check out BLOODYdice for more table top hobby and interests.

-Lucifer

Welcome to the Relaunch

Hey guys and girls,

I know it’s taken a while but I am finally getting the blog up and running again! It has been on a long list of things to do for quite some time but work and life have a habit of getting in the way! It was actually an offer to help out on a friend’s blog that got me back into the swing of things so to speak - decided if I could find time for that I had better get back to doing this one...

I have been working hard to try and finish my Grey Knights, and they are so close to being finished.

I am currently working on a couple of units that have found their way into my current Grey Knight list after I bought a Stormraven on the eve of 6th Edition. And what better to wrap up in that deadly delivery system than the most points efficient combat squad the codex had to offer – Crusaders and Death Cult Assassins! Not being a fan of the models I decided to convert my own from some Dark Eldar Wyches and Warriors of Chaos - hopefully, you guys will get to see the results of over the next couple of weeks!

Following the completion of the few remaining Grey Knight units (and some minor touching up to do) I will finally be able to back to my Chaos army of Nurgley goodness - it has been in development for about 4 years and never really got finished. I had been doing odd bits and pieces in between my other armies, which was never a good idea as this introduced a degree of variance between these different units as ideas and concepts changed over time. I decided to shelve it shortly after I heard there was a new codex in the works. Now with the new codex, and a boat-load of ideas, I am starting to gather the bits and pieces I need to get them looking awesome!

I should have some more articles up soon, full of lovely pictures and a break down of what I have been doing… in the mean while, I will leave you with these teasers from some of my completed projects (although the Rhino is my girlfriend's work :D)!

-Lucifer